Lophosoria quadripinnata (J.F.Gmel.) C.Chr. is a species of fern that, according to DNA molecular analysis, belongs to the family Dicksoniaceae, where it is placed in the genus Lophosoria. It is found in the Americas spanning from Cuba and Mexico to Chile. In Chile it is present in the area between Talca and Aysén including Juan Fernández Islands. In Argentina it grows only in the humid valleys of western Neuquén and Río Negro Province. Diamondleaf fern is a common name.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Diamondleaf fern being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Cyathea capensis
- Sphaeropteris australis
- Dicksonia lanata
- Sphaeropteris cooperi
- Microlepia smithii
- Cibotium taiwanense
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Polypodiopsida
- Order
- Cyatheales
- Family
- Dicksoniaceae
- Genus
- Lophosoria
- Species
- Lophosoria quadripinnata
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